The term blended learning can mean different things to different people. The following definition was created by the Blended Learning Fellowship Program participants to help facilitate a conversation around what blended learning means to campus.
At UW–Madison, blended learning courses are instructor-designed and supervised environments that use face-to-face and technology-mediated channels to enhance interactive, engaging learning experiences and to improve student learning outcomes
Blended courses should have the one or more of the following pedagogical characteristics:
- a shift from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered learning;
- significant interactions between student-instructor, student-student, and/or student-content; and/or
- integrate formative and summative assessment for students and instructor.
On this campus, courses have three technology-mediation designations:
- Less than 30% of the course includes technology-mediated learning activities is considered technology-enhanced.
- 30-99% of the course includes technology-mediated learning activities is considered blended.
- 100% of the course includes technology-mediated learning activities is considered online. – Blended Learning Fellowship Program